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The author concludes that psychoses have nothing to do with environmental factors and are caused only by organic conditions. She supports this by saying that neuroses that are caused by environmental factors are treated with therapy, but psychoses are more easily treated with medicine.
The author believes that psychoses are caused by physical factors (or organic conditions) because they respond better to medicine, while neuroses, caused by environmental factors, are treated with therapy. She overlooks the possibility that both environmental and physical factors could contribute to psychoses, or that environmental factors could lead to the physical conditions that cause psychoses.
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the organic conditions ββββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββ βββ ββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββ βββββββββββββ βββββββ
the symptoms of ββββββ βββββββββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββ βββββββ βββββββ βββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββ ββββββββ
organic illnesses that βββ ββββββββββββββββ ββ ββββββ βββ ββ βββββββββ βββββββ βββββ βββββββββββ βββββββ
the nature of βββ βββββββ βββββββββ βββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββ βββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββ βββββββββ
organic factors having ββββββ ββ ββ ββββ βββββ βββββββββ βββ ββ ββ βββββ βββββββββ βββββββββββ βββ ββββββββ